I think the unreliability factor may be in regard to the V12.... I know the
E-type that is most desired is one of the earlier ones (series I) with the
stright 6 and the 3 SU carbs...
I saw this car in real life about 2 weeks ago in a Beverly Hills "used car
lot" (ok maybe classic car showroom would work better)... but I pointed to
the Generator and I told the Salesman.. "ya, I got one of those" and those 3
SU carbs really look familiar. The Price tag kinda scared me... $52k, that
could buy a fleet of sprites... I told the Salesman I would be back with my
checkbook in a little bit (ok a few years maybe)
My friend who owns an XJ6 swares about its reliability... he really belives
the problems lie in the V12 motor ...
In southern CA the older XJ6s are getting cheap... you can find them for $4k
or less in acceptable condition. I always told my mom I would get her a
Jaguar... maybe this is an option....
on a LBC note... I replaced my points today... and put in a general good
work day on the Sprite... now if I could only find my timing light I could
get the bugga right on....
Bye
Toby
Toby Atwater, Santa Barbara, CA, tob@taltec.net
1969 Austin Healey Sprite, mk 4 (farthest thing you can get from an E-type)
1971 FJ-40 Toyota Land Cruiser (farthest thing you can get from a Sprite)
Land Cruiser = E-type.... humm... doesnt sound right...
>Hi Toby,
>
>You are right on the mark about the coupes ending with the sieres II Jag.
The
>XJS replaced the Coupe version of the XJ series III. They were fairly rare
>only 5k of them made. How do I know? I have a V12 version of it. One of
>only 600 imported to the US with the 12 cylinder engine. Jag register say
less
>then 200 are left original. Want to buy it? Actually I am totally
shocked
>that the 'Car Talk' people would even think of recommending a Jag. I know
they
>misspelled the JX6 but to even recommend it puts me in shock.
>
>Hey Rick good choice, cool car and the women love it. Go for it, just
don't
>sell the Sprite. They are more reliable.
>
>Flame suit on.
>
>Rick
>
>Toby Atwater wrote:
>
>> Actually I belive that the XJ6 saloon was produced well into the 90s but
in
>> 87 they stoped importing them into the US, I belive the last year for the
>> coupe model was 77.
>>
>> I think JX6 is just a typo for XJ6 .... car-o-scope must hire data entry
>> people that work 18 hour days.
>>
>> Toby
>>
>> "Kill the confusion before it spreads into parranoia"
>>
>> >But where and when did the Jaguar JX6 come into the picture?
>> >
>> >Paul
>> >PAsgeirsson@juno.com
>> >
>> >On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 07:53:12 +0100 "Guy"
>> ><Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>> >>Nope,
>> >>The XJ6 was a 6 cylinder saloon and coupe model sold between'68 and
>> >>'77 Probably just that we had to give it some fancy model name to make
>> >it
>> >>sound interesting for the USA market.
>> >>Guy
>> >>UK
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Rick wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > I just looked at this list again and noticed something funny -
>> >>number 5 car Jaguar JX6? I now know what a Ford EXP is (thanks
>> >everyone), but
>> >>what the heck is a Jaguar JX6? I must have been napping when they
>> >released
>> >>that model.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Rick
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>
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